Improved bedstead-fastener



EDWARD S. EARLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 89,209, dated April 20, 1869.

IMPROVE!) BEDSTEAD-FAS-TENER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all fwhom it may concern:

- Be it .known that I, EDWARD S. EARLEY, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State'of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulBedstead- Fastening; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, sufficient to enable othersskilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a palt ofthis specification, and in which- Figure lis a longitudinal centralsection of my fastf enng applied;

'Figure 2 is a front view ofthe same; and

Figure 3, a detail view, to be hereinafter referred to.

This invention is an improved device, especially intended for fasteningthe parts of bedsteads together.

` lhe fastening consists of an angular or curved plate, which isattached to the end of the rail of the bedstead, and'which is providedwith recesses to receive headed pins xed in the post, the device beinglocked by means of a sliding bolt, moving in aslot in the plate, andentering a socket in the part which is provided with the headed pins.

indicate corresponding parts in the two figures, con? sidered inconnection with the following detail description.

In the drawings- A represents a plate, provided with a flange, a, theupper surface of which is bevelled; Instead of an angular' or flangedplate, a curved plate, or one made thicker at the bottom than at thetop, may be used.

On the back of this plate, near the top, may be a projection, b, whichenters a corresponding recess in the piece B. i

The plate A may be further secured by screws, or bolts c c. Y

In the flange a of plate A are formed slots, or recesses d d.

At the ends of these recesses open cavities c care made in the wood, asshown in fig. 1.

'i i are screws, or headed pins, set inthe piece D, in an inclinedposition.

The heads of these screws, or pins are made toenter the cavities c c,and then, by noving either the part B or D, said pins, or screws enterthe recesses d (t, the bevelled surface of the flange c wedging betweenthe top of piece D and the under side ofthe heads of the screws, orpins.

As a lock to hold the parts more frmlytogether and strengthen thefastening, I employa bolt, E, which moves vertically in a chamber formedin the partB, and passes down vthrough an opening, k, in the flange a ofplate A, and finally enters a socket in the part D.

This bolt E has an angular or curved head, l, (in this instance madeT-shaped,) and moving in a slot, m, in theplate A.

It will be seen that the parts B D can not be detached until the bolt Eis withdrawn.

The mode of attaching and detaching the parts is obvious.

I desire to state here that the headed screws, pins, or projections maybe attached to the plate A, in which case they will enterslots formed inthe'part D,

'or in an attachment thereto.

The advantages of this device will be readily pery ceived andappreciated by those interested in the manufacture of be'clsteads, aswell as by the user. By the use of the bolt the fasteningis greatlystrengthened, and the accidental detachment of the parts is almostimpossible.

Having thus described my invention,

What `I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An angular or curved plate A, having a slot, m, to receive and guidethe head of a bolt, E, and slots d d for the auxiliary fastenings, forthe purposes set forth.

2. In combination therewith, the angular or curved-A headed bolt E, forthe purposes described.

To the above I have signed my name, this 10th day of March, 1869.

EDWARD S. EARLEY.

Witnesses:

" W. A. WIEDERSHEIM, H. M. WIEDERSHEIM.

